Those Magic Changes (Broadway/Original Cast Version/1972)

Hey! Hey, Doody! Where did you get the guitar?

Just started takin' lessons during vacation

I was just working on a G-chord

I already know a C, and an A-minor, and an F

Oh wow, that's terrific!

Hey, why don't you play something for us, Elvis?

Yeah, come on!

You want something?

Oh, okay. Lesson four

"Magic Changes", by Ronnie Bell

Ronnie Bell!

C, C, C, C, C, C, A, A, A, A minor

F, F, F, F, F, F, G, G, G, G7

C, C, C, C, C, C, A, A, A, A minor

F, F, F, F, F, F, G, G, G, G7

What's that playin' on the radio?

Why do I start swayin' to and fro?

I have never heard that song before

But if I don't hear it anymore

It's still familiar to me

Sends a thrill right through me

Because those chords remind me of the night

That I first fell in love to

Those magic changes

My heart arranges a melody

That's never the same

A melody

That's calling your name

And begs you, Please come back to me

Please, return to me

Don't go away again

Oh, make them play again

The music I want to hear is once again

You whisper in my ear (C, A)

Oh, my darling (F, G)

C, C, C, C, C, C, A, A, A, A minor

F, F, F, F, F, F, G, G, G, G7

I'll be waiting by the radio

You'll come back to me someday, I know

Been so lonesome since your last goodbye

But I'm singing as I cry

While the bass is sounding

While the drums are pounding

The beating of my broken heart

Will rise to first place on the charts

Oh, my heart arranges

Those magic changes

Oh, oh (C, C, C, C, C, C, A, A, A, A minor)

Oh, oh yeah (F, F, F, F, F, F, G, G, G, G7)

Ooh (la la la la, shoop-de-woop, oh)